Moderate or severe depression is uncommon in women seeking infertility therapy according to the Beck Depression Inventory

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-18

  Brasile, D ^a   Katsoff, B ^a   Check, J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Depression inventory test; Infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646441578     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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